Share telephone or website information for
nonpartisan voter information, like «Where do I vote?»
BallotReady is an award - winning
nonpartisan voter guide to every race and referendum on the ballot.
Ms. Arnwine is a prominent leader of Election Protection (EP), the nation's largest
nonpartisan voter protection coalition, launched in 2004 to assist historically disenfranchised persons to exercise the fundamental right to vote.
Families That Can has created easy - to - read,
nonpartisan voter guides to help you learn more about the candidates running for school board in a variety of communities across the state, including Oakland.
Blood: I took a close look at this same issue by putting together two statewide,
nonpartisan voter polls in Massachusetts, and then by interviewing 48 top opinion leaders who have the clout to influence what does and doesn't happen at our state house and the U.S. Capitol.
The debates are a core component of NYC Votes, the CFB's
nonpartisan voter engagement campaign.
NYC Votes is
the nonpartisan voter engagement initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and its Voter Assistance Advisory Committee.
At 10 a.m., CUNY students and NYPIRG organizers coordinate a large - scale
nonpartisan voter registration ahead of the 2016 elections, E. 4th Avenue entrance / Union Square, Manhattan.
Not exact matches
Medical marijuana is a
nonpartisan issue, the poll finds, with 81 percent of Republicans, 94 percent of Democrats, and 93 percent of Independent
voters all say medical pot should be legal.
Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting
voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period,
nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections,
nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.
Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying
nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority
voters.
A
nonpartisan group called the Voter Participation Center is reaching over 300,000 black
voters here with direct mail and text messages.
A clear majority of
voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a
nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.
Wisconsin League of Conservation
Voters is a leading
nonpartisan environmental and political organization.
We need same - day registration, early voting, and
nonpartisan elections to encourage
voter participation in New York, which lags behind most states in America.
Lerner compared New York's flawed system with Los Angeles, which has a
nonpartisan professional election administration that, she said, is responsive to
voters and taxpayers.
ALBANY — Last year, Edward I. Koch placed automated telephone calls to
voters on behalf of scores of candidates who signed his pledge to support redrawing Congressional and legislative districts in an independent,
nonpartisan manner.
Another issue the commission is considering,
nonpartisan elections, (a pet crusade for Bloomberg), is opposed by
voters, 51 - 41.
Deadline for county clerk to receive in - person applications for absentee ballots for the Preferential Primary Election and
Nonpartisan Election from the
voter, designated bearer, or administrator is no later than the close of regular business hours on the day before the election.
«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most
voters, the most diverse
voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a
nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.
Automatic
voter registration, approved in eight states and D.C., may also improve turnout via «two transformative, yet simple, changes,» the Brennan Center for Justice, a
nonpartisan public policy institution based at New York University Law School, has written.
In a tweet, our managing editor, observed that it seems an odd thing for Reverend Diaz to do just days before his favored City Council candidate, Rafael Salamanca, Jr. faces
voters in a
nonpartisan special election to fill the vacancy caused by former Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo's sudden resignation last December.
As Democratic campaigners search for the best tools to track
voters and
voter contacts, some of them are looking at working with their
voter data in a platform from the upstart
nonpartisan firm NationBuilder instead of with software from NGP VAN, which many Democrats have used for years.
Some proposed measures to increase
voter participation include
nonpartisan elections and instant runoff voting as well as stronger
voter education.
«The New York League of Conservation
Voters is proud of our
nonpartisan nature — we are focused not on party labels but rather on results.
The poll asked
voters if they would be more likely to support the plan if the casino sites were picked by a
nonpartisan state Gaming Commission and 30 % said they would be more likely to do so.
Passing a
nonpartisan redistricting bill of the sort being championed by Koch would be «one of the best things to happen to Albany since the building of the Erie Canal,» said Bloomberg, who said the current system of drawing district lines «promotes ideological extremism and reduces
voter choice.»
Mayor Bloomberg has given up hope of asking New York
voters in the fall to approve
nonpartisan elections, after the idea failed to win support from key decision - makers in town, sources said Monday night.
Americans Elect is a «
nonpartisan presidential draft» organization that has obtained ballot lines and created a way for ANY
VOTER to vote for their desired candidate.
Nonpartisan elections, also known as «top - two» elections, would let all candidates run in a September primary open to all
voters.
Citizens Union, a good - government group, has argued that
nonpartisan elections will boost
voter participation by opening the process to the 1.4 million people who aren't registered with parties.
CITY HALL — More than a dozen of the city's most prominent politicians joined local activists on the steps of City Hall Thursday to protest a pending referendum to authorize
nonpartisan elections this fall, saying the change would disenfranchise minority
voters.
Wisconsin
voters should demand a fair,
nonpartisan process for drawing congressional and legislative districts after the 2020 census.
Unlike a
nonpartisan system, the proposed Top - Two election system would allow candidates to self - identify with their political parties, providing valuable information to
voters.
Deadline for
nonpartisan candidates seeking federal or statewide office to file with Registrar of
Voters
Maffei, the former Democratic congressman from DeWitt, received support from 46 percent of likely
voters compared to 44 percent for Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, according to the poll commissioned by Friends of Democracy, a
nonpartisan Super PAC that is trying to fight the influence of money in federal campaigns.
The purpose of the
Nonpartisan Candidate Forum is to give City Council District 18
voters an opportunity to hear candidates discuss the issues of importance to them in this election.
Michael Morton, communications manager for the
nonpartisan Connecticut School Finance Project, said that's a concern that
voters need to be thinking about when they go to the polls next week.
In the 1998 revision process,
voters made school board elections
nonpartisan.
[7] FactCheck describes itself as «
nonpartisan, nonprofit, «consumer advocate» for
voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.»
In the poll, released Thursday by the
nonpartisan Pew Research Center, global warming came in last among 20
voter concerns; it trailed issues like addressing moral decline and decreasing the influence of lobbyists.
But the party's opposition to the tax cost them the support of almost all environmental organizations, which sided with Campbell solely on the issue, while the
nonpartisan Conservation Council launched a campaign telling
voters to choose «anybody but James.»
• Earned a perfect - 100 ranking in 2008 from the League of Conservation
Voters, a
nonpartisan organization that tracks environmental - voting records in Congress.
The National Association of Women Judges, a nationwide
nonpartisan organization of judges, operates the Informed
Voters, Fair Judges Project.
In a number of other states, bar associations conduct polls of the most frequent court users — attorneys — about judges on the ballot (and in states with partisan and
nonpartisan elections, their challengers) and share that and additional information with
voters.
As a
nonpartisan online voting guide, we make it easy for
voters to compare candidates based on issue stances, biographies, and endorsements.
«What these [Stoneman Douglas] kids have done has been so impressive,» said Carolyn DeWitt, president of Rock the Vote, a
nonpartisan group that encourages
voter registration and a co-sponsor of Friday's event.
HeadCount, a
nonpartisan organization focused on
voter registration, says its volunteers registered more than 4,800 people at 30 March for Our Lives events nationwide on March 24.
Train volunteers to ensure they remain
nonpartisan during their interaction with the
voters they transport (such as not asking them whom they are going to vote for).
The «I Stand with Planned Parenthood» annual events are held every spring and directly benefit the work of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, a
nonpartisan membership organization whose purpose is to educate and support
voters, public officials, and candidates who stand for reproductive rights and sexual health for all Arizonans.